Chess Traps

jimfoster
22 ( +1 | -1 )chess endingssomeone told me that once you get your opponent down to just his king you only have 13 moves to get him in a checkmate before it is a stalemate. is this an official rule or just someones house rule?

myway316
29 ( +1 | -1 )There is no......limit to the # of moves you have to mate a bare King.The 50 move rule can only be invoked if it can be proven that 50 consecutive move pairs,(by both sides),have been made with no pawns being moved,or any captures made during that span.

brobishkin
47 ( +1 | -1 )Official rule...9.3 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move if... (a) the player writes on the score sheet, and declares to the arbiter the intension to make a move which shall result in the last 50 moves having been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece, or... (b) the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece...